(AZO) Earnings Preview for Sep 21 – 25 – Earnings Preview
We will get another look at initial third-quarter results with 11 S&P 500 companies reporting. Included in this group are AutoZone (AZO), Bed, Bath & Beyond (BBBY), General Mills (GIS), KB Home...
View Article(ODP) Office Depot Introduces Flu Kit
Office Depot Inc. (ODP), the global supplier of a range of office products and services, recently teamed up with Acme United to offer ‘Fight the Flu Kit’. With the spread of swine flu (H1N1 virus),...
View Article(RAD) Rite Aid Corporation – Bear of the Day
Management at Rite Aid Corporation (RAD) was executing a turnaround strategy centered on increasing the profitability of the existing store base. However, the acquisition of Brooks Eckerd prior to a...
View Article(RAD) Rite Aid Corporation – Bear of the Day
Management at Rite Aid Corporation (RAD) was executing a turnaround strategy centered on increasing the profitability of the existing store base. However, the acquisition of Brooks Eckerd prior to a...
View Article($WMT) Easy Comparisons Help Retail Sales
Easy comparisons and relatively favorable weather helped increase same-store sales in the typically weak month of October for retailers, up 1.8% from the year-earlier level but below the 2% growth...
View Article(RAD) Rite Aid Comp Store Sales Slip
Leading drugstore chain operator Rite Aid Corp. (RAD) reported a minimal decline of 0.1% in same-store sales for the four weeks ended March 26, 2011. Results moderated from an increase of 1.0% in...
View Article(RAD) Rite Aid Fourth Quarter 2011 Earnings Preview
Rite Aid Corporation (RAD), the third largest retail drugstore in the U.S. based on revenues and number of stores, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter 2011 financial results before the opening...
View Article(RAD) Rite Aid 2011 Fourth Fiscal Quarter Earnings Scorecard
The third largest retail drugstore in the U.S. based on revenues and number of stores, Rite Aid Corporation (RAD), recently posted its fourth-quarter 2011 results. Street analysts have had nearly a...
View Article(LLY) Eli Lilly Launches Type II Diabetes Treatment Tradjenta
Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) and partner Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced that their type II diabetes treatment, Tradjenta (linagliptin) is now available in pharmacies...
View Article(RAD) Rite Aid Corporation Earnings Preview
Rite Aid Corporation (RAD), the third largest retail drugstore in the U.S. based on revenues and number of stores, is scheduled to report its first-quarter financial results to be ended on May 28, 2011...
View Article(CAG) U.S. Labor Department Reports Weak Jobless Claims
Stocks will likely continue to reflect what Fed Chair Bernanke said, or didn’t say, on Wednesday even as we got another negative labor market report this morning. The weak growth picture emerging out...
View Article(RAD) Rite Aid Narrows Loss
Leading drugstore chain operator Rite Aid Corp. (RAD) posted a net loss of $63.1 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2012 compared with a loss of $73.7 million in the year-ago period. The quarterly...
View Article(RAD) Rite Aid First Quarter 2012 Earnings Scorecard
Rite Aid Corporation (RAD), the third largest retail drugstore in the U.S. based on revenues and number of stores, posted its first-quarter 2012 results. Street analysts had nearly a week to ponder on...
View Article(RAD) Rite Aid Corporation Reports Marginal Rise in Same Store Sales
Leading drugstore chain operator Rite Aid Corporation (RAD) reported a marginal increase of 1.8% in same-store sales for the four weeks ended June 25, 2011. Results improved somewhat from a growth of...
View Article(WAG) Walgreen Joins U.S. Cardiac Program
Walgreen (WAG), the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have teamed up in a...
View Article(WAG) Walgreen Unveils Flu Impact Report
Walgreen Co. (WAG), the largest drugstore chain in the US, recently came up with findings from the first of a two-part Walgreens Flu Impact Report series. The study reveals the impact of flu and...
View Article(AMD) Company News for September 30, 2011 – Corporate Summary
• Share prices of commercial insurer Harleysville Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HGIC) rocketed up 87.06% to $58.96 after Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. announced its decision to buy Harleysville for $1.63...
View Article(WAG) Walgreen Posts Encouraging Quarter
Walgreen (WAG) reported adjusted earnings of 57 cents per share in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 55 cents and were 38.3% higher than the year-ago quarter....
View Article(WAG) Walgreens 2012 First Quarter Earnings Scorecard
Subsequent to the announcement of Walgreen’s (WAG) first quarter 2012 (ended November 30) results on December 21, 2011, majority of the analysts have reduced their estimates for the forthcoming period....
View Article(BBY) U.S. Retail Industry Stock Outlook – August 2012 – Industry Outlook
Retailers procure goods in large quantities directly from manufacturers or wholesalers and sell them in small quantities to customers through a retail outlet or online. As consumer spending is the key...
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